Discovery of samarium

Samarium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sm and atomic number 62. It is a moderately hard silvery metal that slowly oxidizes in air. Being a typical member of the lanthanide series, samarium usually has the oxidation state +3.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Which happened first?

• Discovery of samarium and Discovery of thulium happened in the same year
• Discovery of samarium and Discovery of scandium happened in the same year
• Discovery of samarium happened 1 year before Discovery of gadolinium
• Discovery of samarium happened 1 year after Discovery of holmium
• Discovery of samarium happened 1 year after Discovery of ytterbium

Timeline

1. Discovery of holmium1878
2. Discovery of ytterbium1878
3. Discovery of samarium (this page)1879
4. Discovery of scandium1879
5. Discovery of thulium1879
6. Discovery of gadolinium1880

Related

• Discovery of hydrogen1766
• Discovery of oxygen1774
• Discovery of PlutoFebruary 18, 1930
• Discovery of carbon1789
• Discovery of aluminium1825
• Discovery of heliumAugust 18, 1868
• Discovery of nitrogen1772
• Discovery of sulfur1777